TopMMANews.com first reported the matchup, and an official from
the Las Vegas-based organization Tuesday confirmed to Sherdog.com
that Shields will travel to Ford’s hometown of Edmonton, Alberta,
for the welterweight main event of WSOF 14. The
NBC Sports Network-broadcast card will emanate from Edmonton Expo
Centre at Northlands.

Shields was forced to withdraw from a planned July 5 encounter with
Jon
Fitch after suffering an injury in training. A winner in two of
his last three outings, the 35-year-old American jiu-jitsu
practitioner was unexpectedly released by the UFC after a March
decision loss to Hector
Lombard.

Ford, 32, also pulled out of his most recent assignment, a match
with Bristol
Marunde which would have served as the main event of
WSOF Canada 2. “The Real Deal” has won six in a row, including
his February promotional debut, a 53-second knockout of Joel
Powell.

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